Global Wildland Fire Network Activities 2008
Activities of the Global Wildland Fire Network in 2008:
- Symposium on Fire Management in Cultural and Natural Landscapes, Nature Conservation and Forestry in Temperate-Boreal Eurasia (25-28 January 2008, GFMC, Freiburg, Germany)
- 5th International Symposium on Sustainable Management of Forest Resources (SIMFOR 2008) and 2nd International Workshop on Fire Management (23-26 April 2008, Pinar del Río, Cuba)
- UNECE Timber Committee Special Session on the Strategic Review and Plan of the UNECE/FAO Integrated Programme of Work on Timber and Forestry (28-30 April 2008, UN Geneva, Switzerland)
- South American training course on fire investigation (6-8 May 2008, Colombia)
- Workshop Forest Fires in the Mediterranean Region: Prevention and Regional Cooperation (13-15 May 2008, Sabaudia, Circeo, Italy)
- First International Central Asian Wildland Fire Joint Conference and Consultation Wildland Fires in Natural Ecosystems of the Central Asian Region: Ecology and Management Implications, associated with the First Central Asian Forest Fire Experiment (30 May 9 June 2008, Ulaanbaatar, Tunkhel, Mongolia)
- Joint Meeting of the UNISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group / Global Wildland Fire Network / International Liaison Committee (ILC) (3-6 July 2008, GFMC, Freiburg, Germany)
- Follow-up of the First International Central Asian Wildland Fire Joint Conference and Consultation Wildland Fires in Natural Ecosystems of the Central Asian Region: Ecology and Management Implications, associated with the First Central Asian Forest Fire Experiment, and National Mongolian consultation on fire management (6-11 September 2008, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
- Joint OSCE / UN mission to assess the fire damages in Georgia resulting from the armed conflict in August 2008 (29 September – 5 October 2008, Tbilisi, Borjomi, Gori, South Ossetia, Georgia.
- Second National Round Table and Consultation on Irradiated Forests (6 October 2008, Kiev, Ukraine)
- 42nd Annual Meeting of the North American Forest Commission Fire Management Working Group (6-9 October 2008, Banff, Alberta, Canada)
- Second Central American Forum on Fire Management (Segundo Foro Centroamericano sobre el Manejo del Fuego Ecosistemas forestales sobreviviendo con la participación ciudadana) (San Salvador, 11-12 November 2008)
- Regional Consultation 2008 of the UNISDR Regional Southeast Europe / Caucasus Wildland Fire Network (4-6 December 2008, Skopje, FY Republic Macedonia)